Golnaz Kiany
Illusion, 2025
From the series Silent Generation
My work explores the joy, fragility, emotional depth, and unspoken wounds of childhood. In Silent Generation, I reflect on how memory and play shape who we become. As an Iranian-born artist and art educator, I draw from personal experience and my connection to the children I teach. I work across figurative acrylic painting and sculpture, using familiar childhood symbols as a visual narrative device.
About the Artist
Golnaz Kiany is an Iranian-born painter based in Vancouver, BC. She received her BA in Painting from Sooreh University, Tehran in 2013 and has since established an active international practice. Over the past decade, her work has been exhibited in Tehran, London, Toronto, Vancouver, and New York. Rooted in her Iranian heritage yet attuned to universal themes, Kiany’s practice seeks to bridge personal and collective experience, offering a resonant voice within the contemporary art landscape.
Illusion, 2025
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